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Microsoft Cloud Roadshow, Copenhagen here we come…

By Ronni Pedersen on March 2, 2016 Community, Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Events, Windows and Devices, Windows Deployment

This week Microsoft are kicking off the Cloud Roadshow event in Copenhagen, where you have the opportunity to meet me and many of my co-workers. So if you plan to attend the event, don’t miss the chance to visit our booth and talk to our experts about how we have helped our customers through the transition to the cloud. You also have the chance to attend my session about Windows 10 deployment features where Kim Kaae from Microsoft and myself, will tell you all about the new tools that can help customers migrate to Windows 10. Kim will do all…

Windows 10 Innovation Series, Pictures, Notes and Links

By Ronni Pedersen on November 22, 2015 Community, Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Events, Intune, Windows and Devices

Thanks to all attending the Microsoft IT Camps on Windows 10 Enterprise features and management. Here are some pictures and notes/links that we used during the workshop. Additional Resources: Here is a list of resources that was used during the IT Camps: Innovation Series Training for Windows 10: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Innovation-Series-Training-for-Windows-10/ TechNet Evaluation Center: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ Active Directory Based Activation: https://www.ronnipedersen.com/2015/11/active-directory-based-activation-in-an-multi-domain-environment/ Office 365 Deployment Guide: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb Office 2016 Deployment Guide: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-dc4e6d04 Johan’s Hydration Kit for System Center 2012 R2: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/149/The-Hydration-Kit-for-System-Center-2012-R2-is-available-for-download.aspx Blocking built-in apps in Windows 10 using Applocker: http://ccmexec.com/2015/08/blocking-built-in-apps-in-windows-10-using-applocker/ Manage Office mobile apps without MDM with Microsoft Intune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPIGdAj8hc Enhancing managed mobile productivity:…

The Ultimate Office Deployment Guide

By Ronni Pedersen on October 2, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Intune

Per request I’ve updated the Deployment Guide for Office 2013 in 3 new versions. We now have deployment guides that covers the following scenarios: Deploying Office 2013 (MSI) using SCCM 2012 (Application Model) https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-0f954e7f Deploying Office 2016 (MSI) using SCCM 2012 (Application Model) https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-dc4e6d04 Deploying Office 365 (2016) using SCCM 2012 (Software Packages) https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb Deploying Office 365 (2016) using SCCM 2012 (Applications) https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb Deploying Office 365 (2016) using Microsoft Intune https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb /Enjoy

How-to: Deploy Office 365 (2016) Using SCCM and Intune

By Ronni Pedersen on September 30, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Intune

Microsoft Office 365 Click-to-Run (2016) was releases earlier this month, so I thought it was time to release a new and updated version of my previous guide for Office 2013. The previous version has been downloaded more than 35.000 times from Microsoft Technet. Thank you! The previous guide for Office 2013 can still be downloaded from Microsoft TechNet here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-0f954e7f Moving on with the new Office 365/2016 edition, I’ve asked my colleague and deployment specialist Hans Chr. Andersen to help me write this new guide, so we could cover more deployment scenarios, and get them out faster. We have a…

Deploying Office 2016 using the Click-to-Run Deployment Tool

By Ronni Pedersen on September 22, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility

Update: Before you read this post, check out my new guide on TechNet right here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb Today Microsoft has released the Office 2016 Deployment Tool. This Tool allows administrators to customize and manage Office 2016 Click-to-Run deployments. It will also help administrators to manage installations sources, product/language combinations, and deployment configuration options for Office Click-to-Run. The tool can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117&WT Prepareing and Deploying Office 2016 After downloading and extracting the Deployment Tool, we need to create a download.xml that is used to download or update the installation source with the latest version of Office 365 Pro Plus (2016).…

My Presentation from SCUG.DK September 2015

By Ronni Pedersen on September 8, 2015 Community, Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Events, Intune, Windows and Devices

Last week I had the pleasure of doing a joined presentation with Jens Ole Kragh about Windows as a Service (Windows 10) at the System Center User Group Meeting in Copenhagen. The session covered some of the things that should be conciddered if you want to implement Windows 10 in your Enterprise. Our Slidedeck is now available on SlideShare: SCUG.DK – Windows as a Service – September 2015 from Ronni Pedersen Should you have any questions regarding deployment Windows 10, don’t hesitate to contact me. Slides from all the SCUG.DK sessions can be found here: http://www.scug.dk/2015/09/08/slides-from-the-september-2015-user-group-meeting/ And here on Microsoft Docs:…

MDT 2013 Update 1 Bug: WinPE-MDAC are not added to the MDT Boot Image

By Ronni Pedersen on August 19, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Windows Deployment

If you upgrade to MDT 2013 Update 1 and then create a new MDT Boot Image in SCCM, you will learn that the WinPE-MDAC component are not added to the boot image as expected. By default the WinPE-MDAC component are selected in the wizard, but if you check the Optional Components tab of the boot image, you’ll see that the WinPE-MDAC is missing. The wizard showing that WinPE-MDAC will be added: Properties after the Boot Images was created (WinPE-MDAC is missing): The fix is pretty simple. Just add the WinPE-MDAC component, and update the boot image. Now everything looks…

MDT 2013 Update 1 is Now Available for Download

By Ronni Pedersen on August 18, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Significant changes in MDT 2013 Update 1: Support for the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10 Support for deployment and upgrade of Windows 10 Support for integration with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 with the Windows 10 ADK (see this post on the Configuration Manager Team blog for more information on using the Windows 10 ADK with Configuration Manager) Detailed list of some specific changes in this release: Support for new Enterprise LTSB and Education editions of Windows 10…

Get Computer Model Info for SCCM Driver Packages

By Ronni Pedersen on August 17, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Windows Deployment

When creating SCCM driver packages I always (99%) use WMI queries to select the correct driver package to be installed. Often I perform these tasks remotely without visiting the customer. The main reason for this blog post is to provide a list of useful commands that the customer can execute on the computer to get the WMI query I need. Depending on the hardware vendor you might want to use different commands, but these commands should provide most of the information you need. Here is the computer information that where returned by running the commands on my computer: wmic csproduct…

Updating the Windows Update Agent on Windows 7 clients

By Ronni Pedersen on June 4, 2015 Configuration Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Windows and Devices, Windows Deployment

The last 2 months or so we’ve worked hard with many of our customers to fix a small problem with the Windows Update Agent on Windows 7. More Information on this problem: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2015/04/15/support-tip-configmgr-2012-update-scan-fails-and-causes-incorrect-compliance-status.aspx Last night Microsoft released an update for this specific problem and this blog post will explain how to deploy this fix in your environment. Download the update Start by downloading the Windows Update Agent version 7.6.7601.18847 for Windows 7 here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3050265 Create Collections In this example I’m using two collections as limiting collections that I’ve created earlier. Query (x64): select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on…

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